President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday night, return to Nigeria after a two-week private visit to Paris, France.
The presidential jet touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 9 pm.
The President was received by top government officials, including his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
The trip was Tinubu’s third to France and his 14th foreign visit since he assumed office eight months ago.
He returns amid protests in some states over the rising food and living costs.
On Monday through Tuesday, angry youths and women took to the streets of Minna, the Niger State capital and Kano to protest what they described as the rising cost of living in the country.
On Tuesday, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammed Idris, said President Tinubu had directed immediate interventions to alleviate the suffering and forestall a further breakdown in security.
The minister spoke after a meeting of the Special Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention, chaired by the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja
